Week 5 NFL Staff Selections and Free Picks [2026]

Jay Cooper was the hot handicapper last week, going 4-1 with his Best Bets, while Reggie won his Teaser for the third time in four weeks. Bobby had his first losing week in a long time, but is still 74-37-1 (67%) since the start of preseason. You can find all of our picks below, including our Best Bets and Consensus picks.

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UltimateCapper CONSENSUS STAFF PLAYS WEEK 5:
The following picks are 100% consensus plays from our staff. These are plays when all three of us are on the same side of a game.

Eagles +8 (W)
Bengals -6.5 (W)
Chargers +3.5 (L)


2-TEAM, 6-POINT TEASERS FOR WEEK 5:

Bobby Babowski
Cowboys -1.5/Bengals -0.5 (L)

Jay Cooper
Colts +8.5/Browns +8.5 (L)

Reggie Garrett
Steelers +5/Raiders +9.5 (L)

OUR TOP 5 PLAYS ARE MARKED: ‘$$‘

Week 5
Day
Bobby
Babowski
All: 44-34-1
Top: 10-15
Jay
Cooper
All: 34-42-3
Top: 11-12-2
Reggie
Garrett
All: 32-44-3
Top: 9-15-1
Tampa Bay
@Dallas
Thursday

-7.5 $$

-7.5

-7.5
Philadelphia
@ Jacksonville
Sunday

+8

+8 $$

+8
Indianapolis
@ Pittsburgh
Sunday

-1

+2.5

-1 $$
Minnesota
@ New Orleans
Sunday

+2.5

+2.5

-2.5
Cleveland
@ NY Jets
Sunday

-1

+2.5

+2.5
Cincinnati
@ Miami
Sunday

-6.5 $$

-6.5

-6.5
Las Vegas
@ New England
Sunday

-3.5

+3.5 $$

+3.5
NY Giants
@ Washington
Sunday

-3.5 $$

+4

+4 $$
Houston
@ Tennessee
Sunday

-7.5

+7.5

-7.5
Denver
@ LA Chargers
Sunday

+3.5

+3.5

+3.5 $$
San Francisco
@ Seattle
Sunday

-3

+3.5 $$

-3 $$
Detroit
@ Arizona
Sunday

-5

+5.5

-5
Chicago
@ Green Bay
Sunday

+2.5 $$

-1

-1
Baltimore
@ Atlanta
Sunday

+3.5

-3 $$

+3.5 $$
Buffalo
@ LA Rams
Monday

-3 $$

+3 $$

-3